The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #127847   Message #2856245
Posted By: skipy
04-Mar-10 - 05:58 PM
Thread Name: Why is folk such a small market?
Subject: RE: BS: Why is folk such a small market?
I have spent the last 39 years telling people about folk music by running clubs & festival + folkforms since 1971 many of the people in the folk world today & at folk concerts are a direct result of my efforts. When I opened RAF Brize Norton Folk Club Back in 1977 it was on a pay on the way out basis if you enjoyed it, within a few weeks there was a queue EVERY week to pay to go in. Those catters who come to folkforms will agree that nowadays most of the audience are people from Grove & surrounding towns & villages that have come because I have worked on them year in & year out until they make it a definate date in their annual diary & bring their friends, so YES I AM for sharing, relentlessly.